Travelogues Nepal

About Nepal

Nepal is outstanding: the rice terraces, the jungles, the
wild-life, the white-water rivers, the 5'000 passes, the gigantic
peaks. Corruption, poverty, turmoil, civil war and the incapable
"elite" are even more prominent. Nepal was in the news the
last two years for all the wrong reasons, but after the Maoists joined the government things looked (sounded?) better, though will the lives of ordinary Nepali really become better?

Upper
Dolpo
is a difficult to reach region in western Nepal where
local tradition is still vivid. Few people live in the harsh
climate. Monasteries and settlements are rare, though well
worth the effort of getting there.route in 2008, route in 2000

Upper
Mustang
is a desolate and arid place with snow-capped mountains and
barren hills reaching deep inside the vast Tibetan plateau.
Ancients forts watch over the canyons, the royal family still
lives in the walled capital.

Manaslu
offers the best combination of pleasant low-land trekking and
high-altitude scenery. It has escaped tourism and is a
stunning trek that offers all the diversity that makes Nepal
so unique.

Olungchungkola
is a fascinating valley system that was just opened for
tourism. Kangchenjunga is the dominant mountain range, though
equally stunning mountains form the penetretable border to
Tibet.

Kangchenjunga
north in the far east features the 3rd hightest peak
on earth, and even more stunning tributaries. The start in the
middle hills make it a diverse trek.

Chitwan
in Nepal's south seems like a world away from the snow.
Wildlife roams in the dense jungles.

Everest Solu Khumbu
is the most popular trekking area for a reason: gigantic mountains and cozy lodges - a combination of great nature and relative luxury in cozy lodges.